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Here are the current conferences or events I'm attending, speaking and teaching at in 2009. As you can see, the calendar is still filling for the year, so look back here often. If you're attending one of these events, please stop and introduce yourself. We'd enjoy meeting you! |
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2009 Speaking Events |
| January 29, 2009 |
PMI IS-SIG Webinar Series - February 2009 http://www.pmi-issig.org/Default.aspx?tabid=448 I've been fortunate again to be invited to give a recorded webinar session for the IS - SIG, which is the largest SIG within PMI. The topic is - A Project Management Primer for Software Testing & Quality and it will run "live" as their featured webinar from January 29 thru to the end of February. |
| February 12, 2009 |
Agile Carolinas - Charlotte, NC http://agile-carolinas.pbwiki.com/ Joe Little has been giving back to the agile community for a number of years by leading Agile Carolinas in Charlotte. He's brought in some great speakers, but my schedule has never really allowed me to attend a seesion. One of my many regrets. I've been working on a 'Guide' for the Scrum Product Owner lately--trying to fill in a knowledge gap that I perceive affects many teams. I'll 'convert' some of the material from that guide for a presentation for this group. |
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March 4-5, 2009 |
Matrix Seminar: Exploring Scrum - Atlanta, GA Due to demand, 2 sessions are scheduled... |
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March 16, 2009 |
2009 TISQA Spring Testing Conference: Agile Testing in the Carolinas at The Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC I'm co-Program Chair for this event. The format will have a very heavy Agile testing focus and should draw heavily across the Southeast. |
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March 16-18, 2009 |
2009 North American - Scrum Gathering, Orlando, FL While it conflicts with the TISQA conference, I'm looking to at least get down there for a day or so...I might even "blow off" TISQA once I have the program established, boo...hiss...but it's THAT important! |
| March 25-26, 2009 |
Matrix Seminars: Exploring Scrum - Dallas, TX and Agile Coaching - Ft. Worth, TX |
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March 31 - April 1, 2009 |
2009 Software Testing & Performance Conference - West / Spring, San Mateo, CA I'm presenting a full day workshop / tutorial on Agile & Highspeed Testing Techniques as well as the following track presentations:
during the first 2 days of the conference. |
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April 16, 2009 |
CAI and IT Metrics & Productivity Institute - Software Best Practice Webinar Series. I'll be presenting on Testing in the Enterprise Using SCRUM at this session. To participate, please use this link to register for the webinar Register |
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April 21-22, 2009 |
2009 QAI - Quest Conference, Chicago IL I'll be presenting a 1/2 workshop on Creating & Leading the High Performance Test Team and a track talk on Testing in the Enterprise Using SCRUM. This is the first time I've been back to a QAI event in a few years and the "Quest" format is new. I'm looking forward to seeing the changes. I'll be up there for the day of my presentation, flying in the night before. Update: Due to illness, I had to cancel this event. It's the first time I've missed a scheduled conference since 2000. |
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May 6-7, 2009 |
2009 Star East Conference, Orlando, FL I'll be presenting a double track session on Agile Testing in the Large-Stories & Patterns of Transformation. It will be focused towards practices & challenges facing teams testing in larger scale environments and organizations, where agility can be challenged by culture, process, resources, skills, technology, and sheer size & complexity. I'll be flying in on Wednesday morning (May 6) and back the evening of my presentation on (Thursday, May 7) and perhaps the afternoon before... |
| May 14, 2009 |
RTP IIBA Chapter I'll be presenting on User Stories in Agile Development – A Different Sort of Requirements Artifact at our local IIBA (Business Analysts and PM's) chapter |
| May 16, 2009 |
RTP Product Camp http://barcamp.org/ProductCampRTP This is an unConference in the spirit of Bar Camps. Sort of an Open Space conference. I've not participated in one of these before, but I'm looking forward to the new experience. I've signed up to give two talks, but we'll see what the interest level is: Exploring the Practices of a Great Product Owner and Introduction to User Stories for Capturing Agile Requirements It's on a Saturday and it's FREE! |
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June 8-10, 2009 |
2009 Better Software Conference, Las Vegas, NV http://www.sqe.com/BetterSoftwareConf/ I'll be presenting 2 - 1/2 day workshops on Monday - Software Endgames and Releasing Agile Products in the Enterprise. These are updated versions of the ones I presented for Better Software in 2008. I'll also be presenting a track talk on Wednesday - Mature Agile Teams: 16 Essential Patterns. I'll be flying in to Vegas on Sunday and out Wednesday evening to Quebec for the PMI IS-SIG... |
| June 11-12, 2009 |
2009 PMI IS-SIG Profession Development Symposium, Quebec, CA I've presented sessions at the PDS in 2006 & 2007 and been accepted for a 1/2 workshop at this years Symposium on - Agile Requirements, Estimation & Planning. Update: Due to poor registration numbers, the IS-SIG has decided to cancel this event for 2009. Too bad really, as I was very much looking forward to seeing Quebec! Maybe next year... |
| June 17-18, 2009 |
Matrix Seminar: Agile Coaching - Atlanta, GA Due to demand, 2 sessions are scheduled... |
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August 24-28, 2009 |
2009 Agile Conference , Chicago, IL http://agile2009.agilealliance.org/ This year I've been lucky enough to be involved as a volunteer - Asst. Stage Producer for the conference. I've wanted to get involved in crafting the content for a few years, and this gives me that chance. I'm part of the Testing Stage with Lisa Crispin being the Producer. How cool is that! BTW: The entire program is simply outstanding, but the Testing Stage is going to ROCK! I've just got word that 2 of my submissions were accepted for the conference. This is quite an honor, as the competition was fierce this year and only about 17% of submissions were accepted. I'll be presenting
I'll be flying in on Monday and back out Thursday evening, so I'll essentially be there all week and would love to collaborate with like-minded agilistas... |
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September 30, 2009 |
CAI and IT Metrics & Productivity Institute - Software Best Practice Webinar Series. I'll be presenting on Agile Projects - Beginning with the End in Mind at this session. To participate, please use this link to register for the webinar Register |
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October 19-23 2009 |
2009 Software Testing & Performance Conference - East / Fall, Boston, MA Traditionally I've been a part of this conference and plan on attending again this year. They're planning on changing the schedule of the conference to an extended 3 days of tutorials + 2 days of presentation format. Given that, I've been invited to teach more in-depth, workshop sessions focused towards agile testing. l'll be extending my wokshop / tutorial on Agile & Highspeed Testing Techniques to 2 days. I'll also be providing 2 - 1/2 day workshops back-to-back on A Test Leaders Guide to "Going Agile" to help with agile adoption planning and strategy development from a test-centric perspective. Finally, I'll be sharing the following track presentations:
during the last 2 days of the conference. It will be a fun week and I'm looking forward to seeing how the new format works. With this economy though...keep your fingers crossed. |
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November 9 - 13, 2009 |
2009 Agile Development Practices Conference, Orlando, FL http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/ I'll be presenting a track talk on - Mature Agile Teams: 16 Essential Patterns. I'll probably only be flying in for the day -- once the timing has been decided... |
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